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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jun 26, 2026

This is yet another attempt by Trump and Republicans to roll back long-standing protections for people with disabilities, and my colleagues and I won’t stand for it.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Everyone deserves to live with dignity—a belief that was upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1999 Olmstead decision.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 26, 2026

Olmstead was a promise that Americans with disabilities would never be forced out of their homes, stripped of their independence, or warehoused away from their communities.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

The Trump Administration’s memo is an outrageous attack on the rights and independence of the disability community.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Despite these grave and serious legal deficiencies, on June 2, 2026, USPS published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would establish President Trump’s control over federal elections and allow USPS to adjudicate who can and cannot vote…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American. The Constitution and federal law demand nothing less.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

We write for a second time regarding the unconstitutional and illegal attempt to transform the United States Postal Service into an election administration agency controlled by the White House and President Trump.

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Tim Sheehy
@timsheehy· MT· Jun 26, 2026

This is a massive leap forward for veterans’ healthcare. It is long overdue that we open up all available avenues to provide warriors the care they need so that when they return from war – they can carry on life as Veterans, not Victims. I…

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Jun 26, 2026

As a physician, I want to thank President Trump for stepping up and speeding up the federal review of psychedelic drugs. These medicines have the potential to help people struggling with serious mental illness.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 26, 2026

Totally support President Trump’s executive order that will allow alternative therapies to be approved by the FDA to treat mental health issues experienced by our veterans and others. This is a very good decision by President Trump…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 26, 2026

Repeated severe droughts make every drop of irrigation water highly valuable, and the best way to preserve irrigation water is to pipe it.

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John Curtis
@johncurtis· Republican · UT· Jun 26, 2026

“I think it always has been [toxic],” Curtis said of incumbency in Republican primaries.

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John Curtis
@johncurtis· Republican · UT· Jun 26, 2026

It’s a tough climate” this year, noting that Utah has lost “a lot of incumbent mayors in non-partisan races.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jun 26, 2026

This is basically a back-door way for the federal government to get voting information that states control under the U.S. Constitution.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jun 26, 2026

The proposed rule basically coerces states to conform to these new requirements and hand over their absentee voter rolls or face the consequences of not being able to vote by mail.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

We cannot be a leader of the free world if we continue to segregate groups of people in our own country, whether it is through racism or through ableism.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

This is clearly the ableism that exists in this administration that starts with Donald Trump, the president.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

This is taking us back to a time when there were forced lobotomies in this country.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

I am not going to let this administration move us back to a time when people were ripped out of their communities, ripped out of their homes against their wills, and forced into institutions.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2026

The basin should not be forced to choose between stabilizing the present and negotiating the future.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jun 26, 2026

I told Trump that I would continue voting in favor of war powers resolutions until the White House briefed Congress on the war.

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Jun 26, 2026

We all know that Donald Trump has inflated all of the costs of living in this country.

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